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Post by -- pistaciavera on Jun 23, 2012 14:49:57 GMT 11
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Name: Ulrich Verdera
Age: Nineteen
Gender: Male
Trainer Type: Trainer
Hometown: Vermilion City, Kanto > Striaton City, Unova > New Bark Town, Johto
Appearance: A brief overview of his appearance: a young and unimposing young man with dark brown, nearly black, hair and russet-colored eyes. In the right light though, perhaps if seen during a very vivid sunset, they can even appear a dazzling crimson. It would be more apt for Ulrich if he had the second eye-color. He is your average young adult. Although he may not be the beefiest guy out there or the tallest, his appearance is just as different as the next. Standing at a height of 5'6", this young man is just a head above his female peers, perhaps less than the majority of his male colleagues. He has angular features, yes, similar to that of a weasel's, but fleshed out a bit more than his animal counterpart. His lithe and wiry build though, may speak of untold strength, though he hasn't really fought anybody in good fist-to-fist combat. Ulrich may not have much fat on his body or much muscle, but to his pokemon, he is as godly as gods come. The reason as to why such an unassuming guy would have such an assuming position will be explored later on.
Moving onto the good stuff, his style of dress is highly unusual, totally different than what one would expect from a guy who lived in cities most of his life. While most may think, after hearing of his background, that he would opt for skinny jeans, hoodies, and all that hoodlum jazz, Ulrich is uncharacteristically seen sporting a short vest thrown over a white dress-shirt. The idea of being modern is lost upon him, the reason being that during his life in the city, he hardly spent time wandering the streets to pay attention to what everybody around him wore. As a result, Ulrich may appear to be a little gilded and too "casual-formal" for this advanced time period. Although his incorrect dress may be a bit too flashy for modern times, back then, perhaps decades ago back in, say, Oak's era, his dress would be commonplace.
Of course, to fit in with the cool kids, sometimes Ul will opt for a jacket with fur along his hood. It is very rare when he will do so, as he does his best not to cave into pressure and become like the "rat raced millions who wear their jeans down low," Ulrich might just do so to seem less out-of-place.
Personality:
He is hard to please and easy to offend. Although the two traits seem to be relatively simple, together, they make for a deadly combination in a person. How so, you ask? Well, Ulrich is cruel. Harsh on both himself and his pokemon, it won't be beneath him to force them all to train to the brink of exhaustion. After all, above all, strength is the number one thing that Ulrich strives for. And.. Being the harsh dictator he is, whenever a member of the team doesn't show results, Ulrich takes it upon himself to "discipline" his pokemon. Other trainers might not agree with his methods, as they are.. Questionable. Of course, Ulrich could care less. Torture is commonplace to him, he'll do it to anybody anywhere. But.. Why a trainer like him is allowed to wander the region freely? Why, it is all because Ulrich is a master at pretending and putting up facades. Able to pull off both a sick smile when alone and a creepily sweet one when confronted by others, the "Ulrich Verdera" seen by strangers is a well-cultured and serious trainer, intent on aiming to become the best at what he does. The "master" his pokemon see though, is a harsh malevolent man, who, with his hands, is capable of far more harm than any innocent pokemon battle can do. So, although to strangers, the oh-so-"perfect" Ulrich Verdera may make a few people uneasy at first, since he seems unusually focused on battling, he doesn't stir up too much discomfort. Certainly not enough to tip off the nearest authority. So if a person actually manages to observe his training methods at fist hand and then plead with him to stop. Ulrich, being the awkward man he is, will simply retort in the most eloquent of ways -- by telling them to either f--- off or battle him. Ulrich won't care, nor will he ever care, for preachers, bishops, and all the prophets in the world who wield the power of the god Arceus itself. Begging for him to turn back and repent spells out utter weakness to him. He hates weakness just as much as he covets power.
Turning away from the real Ulrich Verdera, it is time to explore his exterior persona, the one seen by everybody. Of course, while he pretends to be tolerant, kind, and all those stereotypical characteristics shared by happy-go-lucky trainers, his tendency to snap often is no hidden secret. His fuse always seems to be shorter around people who clash with his inner persona, so he strays away from meeting those types of people: the idiotic, justice-pursuing, cape-wearing, chest-puffing wanna-be hero. Since he doesn't want to have his training license taken away especially not in this region, the place where he can start over, Ulric establishes who are his enemies and who are the people he can stand. There is no middle ground, no "friend category," but those two lists alone. How Ulrich determines an enemy is pretty random: first meetings. Since he is an introverted guy who dislikes interacting with people, five minutes is usually a good length of time for him to "fully" determine a person's character. [By Ul standards though, once a guy makes himself out to be a douche, he will always be a douche to Ul. Same for tolerable people too.] After five, he'll brand you with a single label that can range from "needs to be stepped on," "derpy" and, "deserves to be destroyed," to "cool." Unless proven wrong, Ulrich's opinion of a person is highly unlikely to change. When approached by a person he has already labeled as an enemy, he'll do his utmost best not to encounter them again, going to extreme lengths to run away or as he calls his maneuver, "retreat tactfully."
All in all, despite being a trainer, he doesn't seem to understand the idea of caring properly for his pokemon, battling fairly, etc. The only real thing Ulrich seems to have a firm grip on is the idea that to become a pokemon master, all you needed to do was win. Conquer without losing too much. Of course, that one idea alone isn't enough to call yourself a good trainer. He may be good at battling and keeps a cool-headed demeanor regarding his delivery of commands, but bluntly, Ulrich fails in all other aspects needed by a trainer. He does not know what much else to do to cater to his pokemon's needs aside from healing them when they needed it and feeding them when they complained. Compassion is key. Understanding is power. Ulrich though, simply doesn't acknowledge that kind of bull. He'll train his pokemon using his own methods, no matter how brutal they are, no matter how many times people object to his abuse of them. He's a trainer. Admittedly a bad one. But that fact is known to very little. On the up side though.. Thankfully, at least he isn't a breeder, right?
History:
Why is Ulrich so twisted? Does he have a long history of violence behind him? Is he secretly a criminal? Could it be that he aims to join Team Rocket? The reason as to why this abusive and aloof trainer is so can only be explained by his past.
His relationship between his father and mother was very delicate. His father was a technician, specializing in fixing pretty much anything once he sets his mind to, while his mother was a scientist, interested in doing independent research on the roots of pokemon. Because his parents were very science-oriented, they did not pay much attention to their son, who instead of becoming a scientist or engineer, decided to try his hand at training pokemon.
His family life wasn't that bad. It was lonely at times, but he handled it well by going out on his own journey. Being young though, his journeys always lasted several hours before he went home to eat dinner. But.. If his family life wasn't too bad, how did Ulrich get into violence suddenly? The young man wasn't always obsessed with strength. There was a time where he too believed that all a person needed to become a good trainer was heart and willpower. However, in one wild encounter with an over-leveled pokemon, at the age of eighteen, both he and his team were completely wiped out.
Ulrich and his family were living in Unova when he was sixteen. They moved to the region several years ago because of his mother's interest in Unova's ruins. She thought that perhaps they played a vital role in explaining the origin of pokemon. She went off on her own to research and as always, his father was working. Both were too busy caught up with their own work to keep proper tabs on their son. Ulrich didn't mind though.
On that day, Ulrich, as always, took off on his own, taking to the routes and searching for things that might seem of interest to him. At the time, he had only three pokemon. The most recent addition, a Herdier, which was given to him in the form of a Lillipup as a welcome to the neighborhood present. He began exploring around a mountainous region. By chance, he discovered a cave. Always the curious type, Ulrich went in, hoping to see exotic, rare, and strong pokemon. He was hoping to perhaps impress the neighborhood kids by catching something they had never seen before. The pokemon that rose to fight him, though, didn't seem to be strong at all. They were the typical Zubat one always found. Zubat, he knew, having lived in Kanto at first, were the bane of any trainer's existence. As he walked inside the cave, he came to realize, much to his disappointment, that although these pokemon were unusual to him, they were the Unovan edition of Zubats: Roggenrola.
Ulrich lost track of time in the cave. He thought that it might be a good place to grind his pokemon and so took more time training and exploring than he usually allotted for wayward adventures. By the time he realized it was getting close to nightfall, they must've been wandering around for hours. As he made his way back to the entrance, the Roggenrola he'd bulldozed past earlier were back, but with them, their leader. Although Ulrich wasn't hurt too badly, the battle forced him to feel genuine fear for once. In the end, he made it out of the caves alive, though the same could not be said for one member of the team -- Poochie -- His Herdier. When the rest of the team fainted from the Gigalith's attacks, Poochie fought on past her limit. A fellow trainer stopped by by chance and her choice to jump into the fray allowed the beaten Ulrich and his pokemon to survive, at least, most of them. Together, Poochie and the new battler chased off the hostile Gigalith. But by the time the enemy retreated, it was too late for Ulrich's Herdier. Poochie was already far too wounded for potions to take effect. Ulrich blacked out before the battle ended, hurt from the recoil that came from the Gigalith's insane attacks. He woke up on the back of the trainer's Zebstrika as they headed toward Striaton City. Unfortunately, he didn't know about his loss until it became apparent to him that he was only in possession of two of his pokemon. The third, the trainer who had helped told him, had buried for him by her outside of the cave.
Following his nineteenth birthday, The Ulrich who moved to the Johto region was the Ulrich he had become. Having done all their research, his parents moved to a different region this time. Although their choice to do so was mainly because of work, they had another reason: to bring their son away from the region that caused him so much pain.
A pokemon wasn't supposed to die. They fainted. Cases of death were rare, but it became apparent to the trainer that death was a possibility.
After Poochie's death, he turned in his badges and released his remaining pokemon. The young man was in such a state of depression that only when his parents threatened to kick him out of the house when they would move to Johto, telling him that he couldn't stay, mope around, and that he had to change his ways, did he force himself to do so as per their wishes. On the ship to Johto at the age of nineteen, Ulrich brooded. He disliked fighting since that incident and if he had to take the path of trainer once more, he decided that he would prepare his pokemon beforehand.
But it was then he realized that if he continued on in his journey as a trainer, he would be able to avenge his Herdier's death.. His reasoning, of course, was twisted. No matter how many pokemon he would hurt along his way, that would not be adequate enough retribution for Poochie. That would not help unless it was against that pokemon. Ulrich though, already forced his mindset to adopt this way of thinking. It isn't hard though, for him to make the jump from one conclusion to another. After all, he does have slight sociopathic tendencies; his way of thinking is very abrupt and erratic.
The moment he moved to Johto, this will be how he would live his journey:
o1. He will not take pokemon from the wild. Only when they seemed to be resilient to his pokemon's attacks might he then decide to capture them. The strong were always necessary to use.
o2. Winning badges will not matter to him as he walks the path of a trainer. It is something that he can to do in order to test his strength. But only when his pokemon are over-leveled will he challenge a gym.
o3. He must keep his cool and his obscure methods of strengthening his team to himself. This is all for the sake of making his team strong enough not to perish on the road, avenging his loss will never become a reality if his license was taken away from him.
o4. He will fight of the Poochie, by the Poochie, and for the Poochie in his quest and decision to decimate nearly all wild pokemon he will encounter.
Goals:
Ulrich's goal in Johto may seem to be the "very best," but it doesn't seem to add up, seeing as how he seems totally focused on fighting but doesn't go to gyms unless he has to. As those who read his bio may know, the reason why he will train his pokemon past his limits attests to a single reason alone. He is determined to set out for an impossible goal: to utterly destroy the wild pokemon population all for the sake of protecting his comrades.
Other Info: likes ` fluff [fun to touch] ` shopping centers [don't judge, bro.] ` pokemon contests [likes watching, but will never enter his pokemon.] ` cafes [quiet places] ` fighting [gives him a sense of catharsis]
dislikes ` losing ` death ` acting secretive [him or anybody else] ` team rocket [sees them as lame] ` tall grass
fun facts ` he is extremely old-fashioned and comes off as sexist too ` very hard to tell when he's happy or high off of anger/etc, he always smiles the same. ` he cannot name pokemon properly for all he's worth. his names are either very obvious or extremely random. [ex: Poochie the Herdier, Hoppy the Buneary, Jefferson Jason the Aron, after Chainsaw Jason.] ` bases pokemon around strength and looks. if they're ugly, they go in the box if he catches them. ` he hates Zubats with a dying passion, sees them as annoying little buggers. ` very hard to tell his sarcasm from compliment if taken out of context. ` exaggerates his movements a lot ` if he were a pokemon, he would most likely be a... noctowl, according to a pokemon generator. but to be honest, he would be more of a flaaffy. ouo <3
themesongs ` battle [master of the universe - sick puppies] ` normal [false king - two steps from hell] ` emotional [zombie - miser]
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How did you find us?: Referral though Hunter ouo
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Post by latani on Jun 23, 2012 17:25:00 GMT 11
I see nothing wrong here, and he seems like a very interesting fellow. ACCEPTED!
I'll handle things here, so all you need to do is claim your starter and add a link to your profile to your signature ~ And, of course, welcome to ZZ! Enjoy your stay.
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Post by latani on Jun 23, 2012 17:29:11 GMT 11
Pokémon in Party Charmander Name: Sightless Gender: Male Level: 8 Attacks: Scratch, Growl, Ember Ability: Blaze Nature/Personality: This Charmander is very derpy and bi-polar. When Ulrich first received it, the 'mon was busy staring out into blank nothingness. At first, his trainer thought him to be a very calm and level-headed pokemon; however, when a little bit of drool trickled out from out of the corner of its mouth, Ulrich was painfully aware that his pokemon was "defective." Sightless is not blind. That was not why Ulrich named it that. Aside from the fact that Sightless' trainer cannot name things for all he's worth, Sightless' name is actually the result of it's foolish and clumsy nature. Sightless may not be exactly narrow-minded, its name wasn't given to it in the metaphorical sense, but in truth, it is not the *sharpest* tool in the shed. Even though most of the time, Sightless is capable of turning into a battling machine during battle, outside of it, the pokemon is completely different. For example, it has such a lack of coordination outside of battles that usually, for some strange, bizarre, and uncanny reason, Sightless will find some convoluted way to run into walls and objects. How it manages to even do so is unknown to Ulrich, but regardless, its clumsiness attests to its primordial way of thinking. It may rub off on other members of the team as a distant guy as it tends to spend his days and nights staring out into the vast horizon, but the moment that drool comes out, the illusion shatters. It may be cruel to name a pokemon after its handicap, but for both Ulrich and Sightless, its name serves as a reminder of the Charmander's flaws.
Wurmple Name: Fluttershy Gender: Male Level: 5 Attacks: Tackle, String Shot, Poison Sting Ability: Shield Dust Nature/Personality: Yes. Fluttershy was named after the ponyta Fluttershy. Why? Ul is not serious brony, no joke. Can you imagine a sadistic owner loving My Little Ponyta? Hardly. Flutter's name came about, again, as a cruel joke. That and simply because Ulrich cannot name things at all. Fluttershy was, simply, the first name that came to the trainer's mind. Fluttershy, unlike its derpish companion Sightless, minds its name a lot. It does its best to retain its anger, but all efforts come to naught since it snaps whenever members of its own team, other trainers, or fellow pokemon comment on it. Unlike its ponyta counterpart, who would normally cower at the sight of confrontation, this Wurmple would take the first leap and fight. It's proud of its power. Which Ulrich approves of as well. Fluttershy is.. Well... Let's just leave it at: He is nothing like the Fluttershy in My Little Ponyta.
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Post by latani on Jun 23, 2012 17:29:43 GMT 11
InventoryItem: Poké Ball X4 Item: Great Ball X1 Item: Full Heal X2 Item: Revive X1 Item: Potion X3 Item: Map of Johto TM/HM Case ~empty~
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